BIO
Chris Saneda is Senior Vice President and CIO for the Virginia Credit Union. Chartered in 1928 as a not-for-profit financial cooperative, Virginia Credit Union (VACU) ranks among the 75-largest credit unions in the United States. Throughout his career Chris has led both technology and organizational transformations. In 2002, while CIO for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), Chris led change initiatives that resulted in recognition from CIO Magazine as ABC being one of the nation's Top 100 organizations for the integration of people, process, and technology. He was instrumental in the 2003 startup of Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and spent the ensuing two years leading the effort to merge infrastructure operations and management of 90 distinct state agencies into a single entity. And, in 2008 his leadership contributed to VACU being named Laureate in ComputerWorld's Honors Program for use of information technology to benefit their organization and community. Chris has worked in several industries, including finance, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and government. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Maryland, and a master's degree in information and telecommunications from The Johns Hopkins University. He is also a graduate of The Johns Hopkins Leadership Development Program, holds a certificate in Project Management, is ITIL Foundations certified, and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
 

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